WOW oh WOW! What a ride it has been from the darkest nights to the brightest days (and everything in between) And now this… “Hi Shayne, Congratulations! I am…
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“Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyway.” Glennon Doyle Life’s been a roller coaster the last few years and especially the last few months since my baby brother…
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South Africa: Coming home, coming down, coming to
by Shayne Traviss March 31, 2018It’s always a mental, physical and spiritual high being away from home. To travel the world is the greatest drug I’ve ever experienced and like all other drugs, caffeine included…
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How to benefit from conflict.
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This has been the most challenging time of my life, and everything and everyone has amplified in the process. I have been somewhat recluse to my former self, going through a metamorphosis more powerful than ever before. But one must always remember.
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And I close my eyes and breathe, only to discover…
by Shayne Traviss December 30, 2017Today before the hustle and bustle of New Year’s celebrations, although mine will be very intimate, I am taking the day to reflect (self-inquiry) on 2017 and all that it…
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Resistance, that bullshit mind chatter again
by Shayne Traviss December 21, 2017Ahhhh! Resistance, that bullshit mind chatter again… For me writing has been in me to give since I can remember, however with it also came resistance and resistance showed up…
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And herein lies the truth; and the truth has begun to set me free, the truth enables me every day to become more alive, more present, more joyful, to live a vivid life. Not without pain or suffering but with the understanding that amongst it all, who I am and to facilitate, to explore it all, to go to the depths of inquiry to find that place that has no past, no future, the guiding light.
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I don’t believe in hocus pocus and I do (Jury’s out). It’s a constant struggle with me. Wounded and distorted by the New Age movement or what my dear friend Jeff Brown calls “New Cage”. I have grown skeptical and even quite cynical of anything that suggests hocus pocus.
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My VividLife Official Selection of the Muskoka Independent Film Festival
by Shayne Traviss October 31, 2017We were officially selected to screen My VividLife: Equine Therapy at the MIFF – Muskoka Independent Film Festival. Equine Therapy is the first episode in my mini-series filmed by Carla & Colin Burwell of Empty Cup Media starring and co-produced by Me and featuring the work of Jennifer Schramm , Equine Therapist.
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Are you exhausted with it all? The constant dress rehearsal for a future that doesn’t belong to you.
One that in spite of all the suffering; the long nights, the early mornings, the daunting drives, the cubicle, the ego driven bully boss, to live a life that’s comfortable in the future. A future you might never even make it to. -
I LOVE this. Because I like to smoke sometimes and I have been shamed for it, and told it causes cancer… but so does worrying about it (stress) I do…
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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
by Shayne Traviss September 21, 2017Photo by Michael Shannon Most recently I have really been challenged with the thought of who “likes” and or supports me and who doesn’t. It’s not a new thought, but it’s…
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Shayne Traviss signs with Watkins Publishing
by Shayne Traviss September 15, 2017There I am planting a Marula Tree at a rural school in South Africa. I never would have imagined this kid from the ghetto with his feet firmly planted in…
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Frolicking Birds, Dogs in Pashminas & Campfire Chili
by Shayne Traviss August 29, 2017Our conditioning runs so deep. Being defined by what we do, how busy we are, how much we’ve accomplished. We get so wrapped up in doing we forget about being and being is who we are.
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Oprah Winfrey sits down with New York Times bestselling author Mitch Albom
by Shayne Traviss August 26, 2017In an all-new episode, Oprah Winfrey sits down with New York Times bestselling author Mitch Albom to celebrate the 20th anniversary of one of the best-selling memoirs of all time, “Tuesdays With Morrie” on an all-new episode of “Super Soul Sunday”
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I was listening to a podcast this morning on anxiety, the stigma, and the people who are brave enough to speak up. I also happened to watch a video that’s…
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As we evolved as human beings our thoughts became more and more complex, as did everything else.
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The Desire To Be Seen At Whatever Cost
by Shayne Traviss July 28, 2017So we all have a desire to be seen. To know that we’re being listened to, that we matter. It’s part of the human condition. Condition(ing) being the key.
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I just woke up, my head is pounding, the sound of construction and the debris it tosses around is filling my sinuses with dirt and I just want to take…
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“SUPER SOUL SUNDAY” WITH PUBLIC SPEAKER CHARLES EISENSTEIN
by Shayne Traviss July 16, 2017In an all-new episode, Oprah Winfrey sits down with public speaker and author Charles Eisenstein on an all-new episode of “Super Soul Sunday” airing Sunday, July 16 at 11 a.m. ET/PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.